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    • Day 9

      Louvre & Musee de l’Armee

      June 10, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F

      Our quick trip to Paris culminated with a visit to:
      - Army Museum, covering all things war, from the stone age through WW II;
      - A view of Napoleon Bonaparte’s coffin under the golden dome; and
      - A visit to the Louvre, the world’s most visited museum. Au revoir Paris!🇫🇷Read more

    • Day 8

      London

      June 11 in England ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      Today we're visiting The Tower of London (built in the 1200s ) where Kings Henry and Edward and William the Conquer lived. Also the crown jewels have been kept here since 1661. Unfortunately we could take pictures of everything else except the jewels (but have taken pics from the book) Incredible history here!!!
      Thanks to Nicki and Mark for your generous hospitality and for taking the time to show us London over these last few days. We have had a fantastic time here!! and it has made us appreciate how old this city is.
      It was also great to see Luka and Eva (and your 3rd Spoilt child Roxy (the dog).
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    • Day 12

      Paris

      May 20 in England ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

      Our day in Paris was a mixed bag but enjoyable. The visit to the Louvre was a little overwhelming mainly because of the heat ( no air conditioning) crowds, maps hard to read, and after figuring it out to discover one of the highly recommended exhibitions was closed for restoration!! We saw Mona Lisa - from a great distance. Up close and personal with Venus de Milo. Naturally all this was making memories but we were both so pleased to escape to the fresh air. Some smelling and buying at the Fragonard shop and then riding on the hop on and hop off bus ended the day and as we hopped off at the last stop Paris had a massive thunderstorm so a coffee was in order. Taxi back to Gard du Nord and home at 300kph on the Eurostar. Bed was most welcome especially for Carina who has developed a cold poor thing.Read more

    • Day 9

      Westminister Abbey and Harrods

      May 17 in England ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

      Today saw us visit Westminster Abbey. So much history. Pictures show inside, high altar and the Queens coronation chair. This chair has been used for all coronation held in the Abbey. Carina and I both commented how it should be labeled the Kings coronation chair - I can't help think that the queen still holds many more hearts than the King. After 3 hours there we went to Harrods for our reserved afternoon tea ( they don't call it high tea) what a feast - after all the food shown in picture came 4 scones and jam and clotted cream. Needlessly to say we brought home a doggy bag! ( one way to get something from Harrods.
      Thinking of trading the Volvo in.
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    • Day 7

      London

      June 10 in England ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      Today we visited St Paul's Cathedral (where Princess Diana got married) and walked up those same steps she did. A magnificent building built in 1675. We then had a browse around Harrods, just amazing, you can basically buy anything you want from all over the world, (including NZ) and as you can see Lyndon found a nice pillow, and it was on special for 279GBP (about NZ$580) The experience of wandering around the streets of London is surreal and as for the Underground, thats a whole new level (Not Lyndons fave place, let's just say... Crocodile Dundee in New York, and we'll leave it at that)Read more

    • Day 32

      Rainy London, England

      May 21 in England ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F

      Our day trip to London from Paris on the 2 hour Eurostar under the English channel turned out to be a soggy day. But we saw a few sights and made the best of it. We just need a do over trip in the near future.Read more

    • Day 17

      London Baby! Day 1️⃣ Part 1️⃣

      May 29 in England ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F

      We slayed London!

      ✅Buckingham Palace
      ✅Westminster Abbey
      ✅Houses of Parliament
      ✅Big Ben
      ✅Churchill War Rooms
      ✅Fish & Chips
      ✅The New Scotland Yard
      ✅Changing of the Guard
      ✅ St. James Park
      💹 10 Downing Street

      God gave us a perfectly sunny ☀️ day and all the energy we needed!

      Crazy how busy London was, it was insane!

      We thought it was because people had found out that we were visiting London.

      But we later found out the Champions League Finals are going on 🤪!
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    • Day 40

      Full Circle

      June 1 in England ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      I have gone full circle and arrived back in London ready for my journey home.
      I went to the Royal Albert Hall last night hoping to catch a concert but nothing was on. It wasn’t even open to have a tour. It was also too late in the afternoon to visit any of the museums as by the time I would have got to the front of the entry queue it would be closing time. I had to settle for a walk in Hyde park in near storm conditions.
      It has been a fabulous month and thank you for coming along on my unpredictable journey. Stay tuned for my next adventure.
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    • Day 36

      London day 3

      June 9 in England ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      Nice final catch up with Andy and Tommy X 2...met friends of Andy that were very nice....gave young Tommy his 1 year old birthday present...a size 2 years all black jersey and a cool book that hopefully he will enjoy.

      Plans of going to a celebrity soccer match fell through...but thankfully that means no stress with not having to worry about getting back to hotel for a booked taxi at 4.50am to Dubai...where it will be 40 degrees!

      Back in time visit to Kensington high St where I lived with great aunt Mary and worked at David clulows opticians.

      Mary was 3rd floor above gap clothes shop...but I think it is the Rituals shop now. Stayed also 1 foor down with nice gay man called James...did so when Jason Lind needed a place to stay.

      After that it was a long bus ride to an outlet store by Wembley park station... stadium.

      Not worth the time but I got 2 items vs 1 from v...so I won 😎
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    • Diana: 25 years on…

      June 15, 2022 in England ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      It is always a reflective time when I visit Kensington Palace. Sure, I love all the history, particularly related to Queen Victoria and Princess Margaret who both lived here. But, obviously my biggest reflection is Diana. Everybody remembers where they were when they heard the news. I was living in London that year and remember feeling devastated as I travelled around France and Spain at that moment in time. I watched the funeral in Spain and the normally busy streets were completely void of people. It was eerie. Such a waste… Such an outpouring of grief. Can’t believe that it is 25 years this year. I couldn’t wait to get back to London. I lined up to sign the book of condolence at Kensington Palace and I saw the amazing floral tributes in front of Kensington Palace. They were as high as me and as far as you could see…💐🌹🌺🌸🌼

      Today all I had to do was walk out of my hotel room and cross the road to be at the palace. How fantastic is that? ❤️👑 I have visited and toured the palace many times but I get just as excited 😆 when I am doing it again. Today is no different! Last visit I saw Diana‘s dresses 👗 exhibition and this time the exhibition is ‘…life through the Royal lens…’📸

      And, what an exhibition it is! So many wonderful photographs… some never before seen. Queen Victoria started the photographic craze mid 1850’s with her reign. There is one photograph that shows her face smudged. Queen Victoria did this to the negative because she did not approve of the way she looked. It was with her children and they all are untouched. I simply devoured all the information around the photography and how it completely changed the public perception of the Royal family… as expected, the Queen calls all the shots when ever she has a photography session.✊🏻👑

      There was another story about Queen Mary crying for three days when she was to marry William. But, it became a true love story because William would not leave her side for weeks, even setting up a bed right next to her when she was sick and eventually died of smallpox.😢

      I am now standing in a quiet alcove admiring the serenity of Diana‘s statue. You are no longer allowed to walk around in the sunken garden which I was at first disappointed about, but then I spoke to the gardener who explained that a sunken garden is supposed to be appreciated from a distance, as a whole… It made complete sense and made it much more serene and respectful ❤️❤️❤️🪴🌸🌹🌳🙏

      This was indeed another highlight of this trip! There were not too many people so you had to complete silence to just admire and reflect. Beautiful moment 😢❤️🌹

      PS: I went a little bit crazy in the gift shop! Whoops! Rule Britannia! 🤪👑 🇬🇧 🇬🇧
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